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More Disciplinary Info On Atty Sent To Judge In Flores Case
An attorney representing the NFL in the racial discrimination dispute with former head coach Brian Flores has informed a New York federal judge of additional disciplinary action against the former attorney for one of Flores' co-plaintiffs, as the judge is investigating whether the lawyer misrepresented his license to practice.
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Q3 Law Firm Lateral Hiring Reflects Cautious Optimism
Lateral attorney hiring at the nation's largest law firms continued to climb in the third quarter of 2025, signaling that the legal talent market is gradually stabilizing after a sluggish start to the year, according to a new report from legal intelligence provider Firm Prospects.
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Atty Can't Win AI Misconduct Sanctions In Malpractice Case
A New York federal judge will not sanction a plaintiff over alleged misuse of generative artificial intelligence in a malpractice case against her former lawyer, finding the attorney seeking sanctions had also "vexatiously protracted" the nearly decade-long litigation.
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Pa. Law Firm Settles Ex-Paralegal's Disability Bias Suit
A Pennsylvania law firm has agreed to settle a former paralegal's lawsuit claiming she was fired for taking medical leave to undergo treatment for a panic disorder, according to a filing in federal court Friday.
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Torridon Adds Former Energy Adviser To Consulting Firm
A former acting assistant secretary to a division of the U.S. Department of Energy has left the public sector to join Torridon Group LLC, a strategic advisory firm and subsidiary of former Attorney General Bill Barr's law firm Torridon Law PLLC.
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Influencer Slams Atty DQ Bid Over Brief Call As Delay Tactic
A social media optimization company's push to disqualify the law firm representing an influencer it is suing in a copyright dispute in Texas federal court is nothing more than an attempt to use a "procedural weapon to delay proceedings, increase costs, and peddle false narratives," according to a court filing.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the full Ninth Circuit held that denials of California anti-SLAPP motions can no longer be appealed in the midst of litigation.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
A law firm combination and BigLaw group hires made this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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'Moonlighting' Atty Must Arbitrate Wage Claims, Ga. Firm Says
John Foy & Associates PC told a Georgia federal court that a former firm attorney breached her employment agreement by "moonlighting" with another firm during her employment and then filing a wage suit against John Foy & Associates instead of pursuing her claims in confidential arbitration.
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Baldoni Atty Faces LA Malpractice Suit Over Client 'Betrayal'
Entertainment attorney Bryan Freedman has been accused in Los Angeles County Superior Court of turning his back on a former client, allegedly convincing him to sign an unfavorable settlement on trademark claims against "It Ends With Us" star Justin Baldoni, only to later begin representing the actor and director.
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Brockstedt Mandalas Grows In Delaware With Real Estate Atty
Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC has added a longtime Delaware lawyer who previously operated his own civil litigation firm for more than a decade to handle real estate, landlord and tenant matters, among others.
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Healthcare's Lessons For Law About Private Equity Unclear
As law firms become the latest sector to attract interest from private equity investors, the legal world may be more resistant to some of the effects of private equity money seen in areas like healthcare, but differences between the industries means the impact on the legal market remains unclear.
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Venture Capital Co. Launches Law Firm Under Ariz. Biz Rules
Venture capital company Anzu Partners has utilized Arizona's five-year-old rule allowing non-attorney ownership of law firms to launch a small legal shop providing subscription-style legal services for small startups across the U.S.
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6th Circ. Says Facebook Posts About Firm Not Defamation
The Sixth Circuit has declined to revive a defamation suit over social media posts alleging an unethical connection between a New Jersey-headquartered law firm and members of the Flint, Michigan, city council.
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Law Firm Mergers Accelerated In Q3 After Slow First Half
After a relatively quiet start to the year, U.S. law firms announced more combinations during the third quarter of 2025 than in any other third quarter going back five years, with the uptick driven largely by combinations between midsize and small firms.
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LA County Probes Firm's Conduct In $4B Sex Abuse Deal
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has unanimously voted to launch an investigation into a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement it approved earlier this year following claims that the Downtown L.A. Law Group paid people to file complaints.
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What Is 'Brickstorm' And How Law Firms Can Guard Against It
A recent cyberattack at Williams & Connolly LLP that compromised a few attorney email accounts is the latest reported event possibly linked to “Brickstorm” malware. Here, Law360 Pulse breaks down what law firms and legal professionals should know about the cyberattacks.
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Mass. Atty Gets 9 Years For $3.5M Theft Schemes
A Massachusetts attorney was sentenced on Wednesday by a federal judge to nine years in prison for stealing nearly $3.5 million from friends and two vulnerable relatives, including one who ended up in subsidized housing struggling to afford food.
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Lender, Servicer Fight Bid To 'Relitigate' Foreclosure Claims
A state-run mortgage lender and a servicer asked a New York federal court to dismiss a proposed class action alleging that they schemed to inflate interest calculations in foreclosure cases, arguing that the borrower is attempting to improperly relitigate a state court's foreclosure judgment.
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Hinshaw Continues East Coast Growth With NY Area Litigator
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced that an experienced defense litigator joined the firm's New York and Iselin, New Jersey, offices as a partner from local firm Marshall Conway & Bradley PC.
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11th Circ. Rules Atty Privacy Invasion Suit Can't Be Arbitrated
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday denied two Florida attorneys' request for the out-of-court resolution of a lawsuit brought by former clients alleging their private legal information was disclosed in public court dockets, ruling that the claims against the lawyers aren't covered by a retainer agreement's arbitration clause.
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Goldstein's $968K Border Cash Claim To Be Admitted At Trial
A Maryland federal jury will hear claims from prosecutors that SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein told Dulles International Airport border guards that the $968,000 in cash he brought into the country in 2018 had been gambling winnings, after a judge shot down his efforts to suppress his alleged statements Tuesday.
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Ex-Kline & Specter Atty, Firm Trade Barbs In Post-Deal Row
A TikTok video and alleged audit noncompliance took center stage Tuesday in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas as Kline & Specter PC and former firm lawyer Tom Bosworth voiced their distrust of each other during a hearing on legal battles that erupted over the deal resolving Bosworth's departure.
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Georgia Bar Continues Fight To Nix Atty's Bias Suit
The State Bar of Georgia on Tuesday doubled down on a request to expand its arguments seeking dismissal of an Atlanta attorney's bias suit alleging a pattern of racial discrimination in attorney discipline, telling a federal judge that the time was right to bring the broadened motion.
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Walgreens Seeks Atty Sanctions For 'Baseless' Claims
Walgreens has called on a Georgia federal judge to slap sanctions on counsel for a former pharmacist suing the chain for discrimination, arguing that she should pay for the company's efforts to dismiss a handful of claims with "no legal basis" after her attorney refused to voluntarily drop them.
Expert Analysis
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.